Facts and Trends

The most common form of illegal fentanyl is in pill form. It may be mixed with other illegal drugs and made to look like other over the counter (OTC) drugs and illegal street drugs without the user’s knowledge. Counterfeit pills mixed with fentanyl are bought and sold on social media sites.

Generic opioids: hydrocodone, morphine, oxycodone, and tramadol
Name brand opioids: Codeine, Demerol, OxyContin, Percocet, and Vicodin.

3 signs of youth drug addiction: trouble at home or school, mental health problems, and spending time with peers who use drugs.

Opioid withdrawal symptoms may include cramps, depression, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting.

Arizona's Good Samaritan Law protects those who call 911 to report an overdose from being arrested, charged, or prosecuted.

Use of narcotics other than heroin (including Vicodin, OxyContin, Percocet, etc.) increased slightly among 12th graders between 2021 and 2022.

Arizona teens as young as 14 years old have overdosed and died from fentanyl.

More than one-third of students reported they have never heard of fentanyl (37.8%) and 2% reported that they have used fentanyl in their lifetime.

26% of students reported they have seen or heard advertisements warning of the dangers of fentanyl and 10.2% reported that it would be easy or very easy to get fentanyl.

Among the surveyed youth who have heard of fentanyl, 70.3% reported that they think people who use fentanyl are at “great risk” of harming themselves.